【正文】 they?(5) Which Chinese player do you think is now going on well in the NBA?(6) Do you like him? Why? Which team is he in now?2. Ask Ss if they know something about Yao Ming. Then let them fill in the following table. Suggested Answers:(1) September, 1980.(2) Shanghai. (3) .(4) Center.(5) Both of his parents are basketball players.Step 3. Reading1. Ask Ss to read the passage about Yao Ming and answer the questions.(1) Is the Houston Rockets coach disappointed with Yao Ming?(2) Do Chinese basketball players play in the same way as US player?(3) Does Yao Ming understand what the coach wants him to do?(4) Who is the coach of the Houston Rockets?(5) What is Yao’s nature? What is not his nature?Suggested Answers:(1) Yes, because he is not aggressive enough.(2) No, they don’t. they are more polite and not as selfish.(3) Yes, he does, but it will take him some time to get used to playing like that.(4) Jeff Van Gundy(5) Yao is a selfless and kind person. It is not in his nature to be “selfish” and “rude”.Step 4. Discussion Ask Ss to talk something about “aggressive behavior”, and then share their opinions about the following questions.(1) Can you think of some examples of aggressive behaviors?(2) To pete with players from other countries, what must Chinese athletes do? What do they lack? And what are they good at?Step 5. WritingAsk Ss to write a reply after reading the passage about Yao Ming’s attitude and behavior in NBA, and provide a model for them.Step 5. HomeworkAsk Ss to finish the writing task and hand it in the next period.Period 6 Task, Cultural Corner, Module FileTeaching Goals: 1. To enable Ss to know other sports around the world.2. To help Ss review what we have learnt in this module.3. To let Ss learn how to prepare a “dream team”.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Revision Let Ss to do a presentation of their writing.Step 2. TaskAsk Ss to say their “dream team ” of the star players in groups and then choose the best to read to the rest of the class. Step 3. Cultural Corner1. Enable Ss to talk about the following sports and share each other’s experience to lead in the topic of this period. Baseball American football Basketball (1) Which of these games do you think is the most enjoyable to play?(2) How popular are these games in China?2. Ask Ss to read part 1 and fill in the blanks.Suggested Answers:(1) American football(2) in 1823(3) at Rugby School in England(4) William Webb Ellis(5) picked up the ball during a soccer game and ran with it, …3. Ask Ss to read part 2 and fill in the blanks.Suggested Answers:(1) basketball(2) in 1891(3) in a gym in Springfield, Massachusetts(4) Dr James Naismith(6) create a game that would provide exercise for a noisy class4. Ask Ss to read part 3 and fill in the blanks. Suggested Answers:(1) baseball(2) unknown(3) unknown(4) unknown(5) based on an old English game called rounders, a version of the game became popular in the early 19th century。 Alexander Cartwright wrote the rules for baseball in 1845.Step 4. Module FilePurpose: To enable Ss to make a conclusion of this module and deepen what they have learned in the module.Ask Ss to look at Module File on page 14 and try to recall what they have learnt in the module. Then tick the things they are sure that they know and put a question mark next to the points they are not sure of and a cross to what they don’t Ss to share their ideas and deal with the difficult or confusing points.Ask Ss to read some articles or novels about sports to strengthen their reading skills and enlarge their vocabulary.Step 5. Homework1. Ask Ss to revise this module.2. Ask Ss to finish the rest of the exercises in the Workbook of this module.3. Ask Ss preview module 2.